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Goodie bag

While recovering, I received a goodie bag from a friend. This included chocolate covered raspberries, pumpkin loaf and a thai herbal ball from Di Erbe Inc.

The Thai herbal ball contains a blend of many herbs wrapped in an unbleached cotton and tied to a handy stem. The Luk Pra Kob has been used for many centuries in Thailand as a medicinal hot compress to relieve aches and pains. While relieving painful inflammations, it soothes the underlying connective tissue.

I've already done twice tonight...

Full circle

Friday at physio, I went full circle! An entire full revolution on the bike! FULL circle! The smile on my face lasted all day long! Never again will I take my knees, ligaments and tendons for granted. Or for that matter, my body. I love it all! This is to small baby steps to a full recovery. Somedays it makes me cry, some days it makes me smile!

Long time no see!

It has been just over 1 year since my last post to my blog. For no particular reason really. I was unmotivated to write a post when I arrived home from working 8 hours at the computer, then having to sit at the computer again in order to creat a post.

However, over time I realized that I did miss my blog.

I have been home now for 2 weeks, recovering from an ACL reconstruction surgery. I had plenty of time to ask myself the question "Why"...

So here I am, back to blogging.

 

I tore my ACL in October of 2013 during a cyclocross race and finally had the surgery on December 4, 2014.

The first 2 days felt like I was run over by a semi trailer pulling a flat bed with 10 brontosaurus. For real. My knee was continuously being iced, for 24 hours a day for the first 5 days. Day 5, I was able to take off the dressings and finally have a proper shower. No more Smelly Melly! That shower made everything feel so much better and left me in better spirits. All the ewkiness went down the drain...

Day 10, I took off the Steri-Strips and finally I was able to see my incisions. I am not to sure of the significance of all of them. All I know is that a tendon was borrowed from the hamstring, using the "tendon stripper", this graft is then run through a drilled hole in the tibia. Then a drilled hole is made in the femur and the tendon is inserted into the bony tunnel. Finally it is secured with 2 bioscrews. Tada! I now have a "new" ACL!

Baby steps to a full recovery. I can now walk without my crutches and somewhat go up and down the stairs. I just have to keep in mind that all of this is going to make me stronger - finally a return to full strength.  Thousands of birds will flow from the trees this spring, when I will announce my return with a thunderous leprechaun heel click!!!

For the moment, I just wish I could run with the caribou, play with the wolves and dance with the aurora borealis.

Thank you Pure.